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| Title |
Sexual behavior and fertility of male rats submitted to prolonged immobilization-induced stress
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| Published in |
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, September 2000
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0100-879x2000000900019 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
S.A. Almeida, W.G. Kempinas, T.L. Lamano Carvalho |
| Abstract |
In order to investigate whether prolonged stress interferes with the onset of sexual behavior at puberty and with fertility at adulthood, prepubertal male Wistar rats (40 days of age) were immobilized 6 h a day for 15 days (up to early puberty) or for 60 days (until sexual maturity). Pubertal stressed rats showed a two-fold increase in the latency for the first mount (probably due to repeated aversive experience in which a change of environment was always followed by immobilization) and a 2.5-fold increase in the frequency of thrusting (indicative of enhanced sexual performance). The apparently stimulatory effect of prolonged stress on the onset of sexual behavior is discussed in terms of increased testosterone level and interference with the complex interchanges between the neurotransmitters/neuropeptides involved in the central control of male sexual activity. Adult stressed animals were mated with normal females, which became pregnant but exhibited a more than two-fold increase in both pre-implantation and post-implantation loss, probably due to a smaller rate of fertilization and/or fertilization with damaged spermatozoa. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 22 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 48% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 22% |
| Psychology | 2 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 March 2014.
All research outputs
#6,598,118
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
#216
of 1,254 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,240
of 37,742 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
#2
of 10 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,254 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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